Kosmik Leprechaun

Kosmik Leprechaun
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Genre:	Experimental, Noise, Noise Rock, Post Rock
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Theme:	Onopgelost Mélodie
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Years:	1988 — now
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Country:	North America
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City:	Southern California
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Labels:	Argali Records, Aural Films, Completely Gone Recordings, Fuck Labels // Fuck Mastering, God Hates God Records, Hortus Conclusus Records, Hot Damn! Tapes, Kalamine Records, Takkeherrie Recordings, Tape-Safe, Treetrunk, Unexplained Sounds Group, Water Closet Films
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Gears:	Analog 2-Track Reel-To-Reel Recorder, Analog 4-Track Cassette Recorder, Bass, Bells, Computers, Digital 8-Track HD Recorder, Drum Machines, Drums, Effects Pedals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Keys, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Slide Trombone, Software, Synthesizers, Tapes, Viola, Vocals
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Members:	Josh McCurdy : All Instruments, Vocals Recent guests: Anthony Osborne : Saxophones Jaime Munárriz : Trumpet Nimbostrata : Bass, Electronics, Guitar, Synthesizers Thomas Park : Electronics, Film Wilfried Hanrath : Electronics Previous guests: Adrienne Cardney : Drums, Film, Guitar, Organ, Vocals Aileen Holmes : Various Instruments, Vocals Clay Leo Adam Young : Drums Deny Samoree : Backup Vocals, Guitar Deon Aumaier : Drums Gorilla Pat : Rapping hCrink : Drums, Guitar Kreepazoa : Synthesizers Mandy Ackley : Drums METEK : Electronics Nemik Sound : Electronics, Film, Hype-Man Pythagora : Electronics Roy Silverstein : Drums Ryan Russom : Bass, Flute, Guitar, Keys, Organ Steven Palencar : Guitar, Vocals Takahiro Yuasa : Electronics, Guitar, Vocals Ted Parsons : Drums, Electronics, Various Instruments Timothy Whiteford : Drums UV Flood : Keys, Synthesizers
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Side Projects:	Completely Gone Recordings, Moldy Ghetto, Rusty-Like, Takkeherrie Recordings, Tambourine Halo, V L
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Contact:	[1] Contact KL Bandcamp
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Site:	[2] Kosmik Leprechaun Bandcamp
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Biography

Kosmik Leprechaun (aka The Song Cycle, Kisama!, Kosmische Clutharachán, etc.) is the main pet-project of the American musician, artist and engineer Josh McCurdy and has been musically active since 1988. However, he didn't take making solo music seriously until 1995, after the demise of his previous band, Moldy Ghetto. Kosmik Leprechaun began as a psychedelic indie project, known as The Song Cycle. The name changed many times over the years, but has always encompassed essentially the same ideas. The earliest KL music was recorded on 4-track cassette machines, until 2003, when he began experimenting heavily with synthesizers, sequencers and digital editing. KL has collaborated with many musicians and artists who have been featured in his work. Each album varies in style from the previous. Some of it is serious, with emphasis on established genres. Other times, his music is chaotic and silly. The majority of his music is published on his label Completely Gone Recordings.

Discography

• 4-Channel Paintings ~ Cassette (1997)
• In The Park EP ~ Cassette (1998)
• Bootleg: Live At Hot Damn! ~ Cassette (1998)
• Harmonik Funk Attack ~ Cassette (2001)
• Ultra Beta EP ~ Cassette (2002)
• Bleakest Intersperience (Edition I: C​-​60 Mix) ~ Cassette (2002)
• Bleakest Intersperience (Edition II: Addendum) ~ Digital (2003)
• Attack On Metaphysics ~ CD-r (2003)
• Poison Orchids ~ CD-r (2004)
• Surrealist Lament ~ CD-r (2004)
• Pure Structure ~ CD-r (2005)
• Elektrotempel ~ CD-r (2005)
• Space Mélodie ~ Digital (2006)
• Explosion At The Laboratory ~ Digital (2006)
• Electronic Improvisations ~ Digital (2006)
• Neurolandscape EP ~ Digital (2006)
• Beta-Zoa ~ Digital (2007)
• Cosmic Pow Wow ~ Digital (2007)
• Night At The Camp ~ Digital (2007)
• Hell Of No Interval ~ Digital (2008)
• Kisamatron A ~ Digital (2008)
• Slip Into Obscurity ~ Digital (2010)
• Kisamatron B ~ Digital (2012)
• Kisamatron C ~ Digital (2014)
• Destroyed Dimensions ~ Digital (2017)
• Caramel Man Hideout ~ Digital (2018)
• Mental Breakthrough EP ~ Digital (2018)
• Addendum ~ Digital (2018)
• Karma Vessel EP ~ Digital (2019)

Contributions

Compilation Appearences

• CGR Presents: Volume I ~ Digital (2007) — provided 2 versions of "Devil, You'll Help Us In The End (ft. Aileen Holmes)"
• CGR Presents: Volume II ~ Digital (2008) — provided "Better Times" and "English Muffins (ft. Aileen Holmes)"
• Microbit Split # 2: Disturbance ~ Digital (2008) — provided "Axis V"
• CGR Presents: Volume III ~ Digital (2008) — provided "Blue Wind" and "Macro-Genie (ft. Kreepazoa)"
• Tunnel To The Underground Vol. 3 ~ Digital (2013) — provided "A Single Blade Of Grass (ft. Gorilla Pat)"
• CGR Presents: Volume IV ~ Digital (2016) — provided "Lousy Mechanik" and 1 remix
• CGR Presents: Volume V ~ Digital (2017) — provided "Intermezzo", "Galaxy Abuser" and 1 remix
• CGR Presents: Volume VI ~ Digital (2018) — provided "Thema" and 3 remixes
• Unexplained Sounds - The Recognition Test # 112 ~ Digital (2018) — provided "Reptilian Brain"
• HCR 100 ~ CD / Digital (2018) — provided "Πang Dream Register"
• In Love With The Moon: Klaus Schulze Birthday Tribute ~ Digital (2018) — provided "Menage (Live)"
• Anti f:Orm : Volume 5 ~ Digital (2019) — provided "Slip Into Obscurity (Observer Mix)"
• CGR Presents: Volume VII ~ Digital (2019) — provided 1 remix
• TAKKEHERRIE 100 ~ Digital (2019) — provided "Exit" as Kosmische Clutharachán
• Can You Make It Groovy? ~ Digital (2019) — provided 1 remix
• 10 Years Of Argali ~ Digital (2019) — provided "Personality Transfer"
• PCP#629… Please Do Not Sit On The Fence… ~ Digital (2019) — provided "Karma Vessel"
• Intent 2020 : Solid State ~ Digital (2020) — provided 1 remix

Collaborations / Split Releases

• Adrienne Cardney — "Still In Mono" ~ Film (1999) – provided soundtrack and acted main character "Simeon"
  
• Daniel Sullivan & Brian Mckinley — "bRon / Stylus EP" ~ Digital (1999) – provided rap on "Stylus" - as Thee Drrty McCurdy
  
• Pythagora + Kosmik Leprechaun — "Hepp Hepp3ns" ~ Digital (2008) – provided 4 collaborations
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun — "The Silence Is Ruined" ~ Digital (2015) - features METEK
  
• Intergalactic Wizard Vs. Kosmik Leprechaun — "Split" ~ Digital (2018) – provided "Πaked Frenzy"
  

Remixes By Kosmik Leprechaun

• Kosmik Leprechaun — "Mashups EP" ~ Digital (2006)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun — "Snoitasivorpmi Cinortcele" ~ Digital (2006) – "Electronic Improvisations" backwards
  
• DOKI DOKI — "Deze Computer (Kosmik Leprechaun Remix)" ~ Digital (2007)
  
• DOKI DOKI — "Analog Experiment (Kosmik Leprechaun Remix A)" ~ Digital (2007)
  
• DOKI DOKI — "Analog Experiment (Kosmik Leprechaun Remix B)" ~ Digital (2007)
  
• experiMENTALien — "C​.​G​.​dRone (Kosmik Leprechaun Remix)" ~ Digital (2016)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun — "Kosmixes EP" ~ Digital (2018)
  
• Quint Baker — "Soft (Kosmik Leprechaun Lonely Mix)" ~ Digital (2018)
  
• Super Thirty-One — "Me In Time (Kosmik Leprechaun Mix)" ~ Digital (2018)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun Vs. Moldy Ghetto — "Free Sessions EP" ~ Digital (2018) – Remix of Moldy Ghetto's 1996 "Free Sessions EP"
  
• T​.​R​.​I​.​v​.​M. — "EHM (Kosmik Leprechaun Remix)" ~ Digital (2018)
  
• David Nadeau With Qkcofse And Johannes Bergmark — "Processional Permutations (Kosmik Leprechaun Remix)" ~ Digital (2018)
  
• Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt — "Prayer For The People Of The Sea (Kosmik Leprechaun Remix ft. Jaime Munárriz)" ~ Digital (2018)
  
• Morgan Gutentag (ft. Dottie Clementine) — "(I Have Been) Making Promises 2 SpIdErZ (Kosmik Leprechaun Remix)" ~ Digital (2018)
  
• Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt — "Magic Mitte (Kosmik Leprechaun Remix)" ~ Digital (2019)
  
• Thomas Park — "Static From Plastic (Kosmik Leprechaun Drastic Mix)" ~ Digital (2019)
  
• Wilfried Hanrath — "Portland (Kosmik Leprechaun Mix ft. Nimbostrata)" ~ Digital (2020)
  

Remixes Of Kosmik Leprechaun By Other Musicians

• Kosmik Leprechaun — "Kosmische Hyena (METEK Remix ft. DOKI DOKI)" ~ Digital (2008)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun — "It's In Your Head (METEK Mix)" ~ Digital (2008) – Remix of the "Attack On Metaphysics" album
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun — "It Is Yr Nature (METEK Mix)" ~ Digital (2008)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun — "Into The River (METEK Mix)" ~ Digital (2008)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun — "Creeps (METEK Mix)" ~ Digital (2009)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun — "Slip Into Obscurity (METEK Mix)" ~ Digital (2009)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun — "Obscured Reality (METEK Mix)" ~ Digital (2009)
  
• Thomas Park — "Experimental Live Videos" ~ Video (2018) – Generative remix of the "Destroyed Dimensions" album
  
• Thomas Park With Metachaun — "S/T" ~ Digital (2018) – Generative remixes of the "Destroyed Dimensions" album
  
• Thomas Park With Various Artists — "Assorted Live Remixes" ~ Digital (2018) – Generative remixes of the "Destroyed Dimensions" album
  

External Links

• Kosmik Leprechaun Bandcamp